antecedent
英 [,?nt?'si?d(?)nt]
美['?nt?'sidnt]
- n. 前情；先行詞；祖先
- adj. 先行的；前驅(qū)的；先前的
TEM4IELTSGRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?antecedents;
中文詞源
antecedent 先例
前綴ante-, 在前。詞根ced, 走。
英文詞源
- antecedent
- antecedent: see ancestor
- antecedent
- late 14c. (n. and adj.), from Old French antecedent (14c.) or directly from Latin antecedentem (nominative antecedens), present participle of antecedere "go before, precede," from ante- "before" (see ante) + cedere "to yield" (see cede). Used as a noun in Latin philosophical writings.
雙語例句
- 1. It was permissible to take account of antecedent legislation.
- 允許考慮先前的法律。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Those were events antecedent to the revolution.
- 這些都是革命前的事了.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. That was antecedent to this event.
- 那是在這件事之前.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Physical processes flow inevitably from their antecedent conditions.
- 物理過程的出現(xiàn)必然有其前提.
來自哲學(xué)部分
- 5. The word " man " is the antecedent of " who " in " the man who spoke ".
- " man " 這個(gè)字是"theman who spoke " 中 " who " 的先行詞.
來自辭典例句
